The Winery Don Elias of Maule Valley of Central Valley

Winery Don Elias
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 16 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Maule Valley in the region of Central Valley

The Winery Don Elias is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Maule Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Don Elias wines

Looking for the best Winery Don Elias wines in Maule Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Don Elias wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Don Elias wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Don Elias

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Don Elias

How Winery Don Elias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roasted fillet of beef with parsley, rack of lamb in a crust of herbs and seeds with thyme juice and... or couscous without couscous maker.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Don Elias

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Don Elias. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Don Elias

  • 2014With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 1975With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.12/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Don Elias.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Carménère
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Maule Valley

Maule Valley is the largest wine-producing region in Chile other than the Central Valley, of which it is a Part. It has 75,000 acres (30,000ha) under Vine, and has traditionally been associated with quantity rather than quality. But this is rapidly changing – the bulk-producing Pais vine is gradually being replaced with more international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère, and careful winemaking practices are being employed to make some world-class red wines from old-vine Carignan. The Central Valley itself runs between the Andes and the Coastal Mountains from the Chilean capital of Santiago in the North to the up-and-coming region of Bío Bío in the South.

The Maule Valley stretches for around 60 miles (100km), and the Center of its wine production Lies 180 miles (290km) south of Santiago at a latitude of 35°S. Maule is further south than the Central Valley's star regions of Maipo and Colchagua. The large amount of land covered by the Maule Valley DO (Denominación de Origen) means there is a multitude of terroirs, from low-lying river valleys to Andean hillsides. Maule Valley was one of the first areas in Chile to be planted to vine, and its viticultural history stretches back to the start of colonisation by the Spanish.

The region has Long been one of Chile's most successful bulk-production wine districts, as evidenced by the large amount of Pais still found planted here. It has only been in the past 20 years that Maule vignerons have made a move toward quality, pioneered by the Kendall-Jackson empire of California, which set up a winery here in the mid-1990s. Despite this push toward modernity, some of Maule's better throwbacks have survived – the region is fast becoming known for some 70-year-old Carignan vines that are being used to produce Soft, earthy red wines with Richplum and black-fruit characters. One of the more southern of Chile's wine-growing areas, Maule is slightly cooler than its northerly cousins and has higher annual rainfall, most of which occurs during winter.

The top white wines of Winery Don Elias

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Don Elias

How Winery Don Elias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of basque chicken with chorizo, grilled bass with pastis and fennel or summer tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Don Elias

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Don Elias. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Don Elias

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Don Elias.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top pink wines of Winery Don Elias

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Don Elias

How Winery Don Elias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Don Elias

  • 2018With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The word of the wine: VDN

Natural sweet wine. Wine obtained by mutage of the must during fermentation by adding over-finished alcohol at 96 °, produced in the vineyards of Roussillon, Languedoc, Rhone Valley and Corsica.

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Planning a wine route in the of Maule Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Don Elias.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Don Elias and wines from the region

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Chablis wines with Joe Fattorini in The Wine Show @Home

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chaintré

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Chaintré, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...

The word of the wine: VDN

Natural sweet wine. Wine obtained by mutage of the must during fermentation by adding over-finished alcohol at 96 °, produced in the vineyards of Roussillon, Languedoc, Rhone Valley and Corsica.

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